The Good news there will be better support for Active Directory scripting using Windows Powershell (2.0)

The Bad news, at the time of writing, you will probably have to wait some time before you can use this in production,

because it’s only possible from a 2008R2 or a Windows-7 machine:

‘You can install Active Directory PowerShell by using any of the following methods:

By default, on a Windows Server 2008 R2 server when you install the AD DS or AD LDS server roles By default, when you make a Windows Server 2008 R2 server a domain controller by running Dcpromo.exeAs part of the RSAT feature on a Windows Server 2008 R2 serverAs part of the RSAT feature on a Windows 7 computer’

And also important:

‘If you want to use Active Directory PowerShell in Windows 7 to remotely manage an Active Directory domain, an AD LDS instance or configuration set, or an Active Directory Database Mounting Tool instance, you must have at least one Windows Server 2008 R2 domain controller in your domain or at least one instance in an AD LDS configuration set that is running on a Windows Server 2008 R2 server.’